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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The morning of July 4th I was lounging in bed watching Desperate Housewives when my phone buzzed with an email. It was from one of my favorite stores, ModCloth.com. I found ModCloth the same way I look for future husbands *hehe*. On Inc.com Top 30 under 30, that is Top 30 entrepreneurs under the age of 30. Last year Susan and Eric Koger made the list for combining Susan’s love for thrift stores and vintage clothing with her boyfriend (now husband’s) computer website skills, and *poof*ModCloth.com appeared!

Anyways, ModCloth sent a txt to everyone on their text-mailing list giving them a one-hour heads up about the 4th of July grab bag that would appear on the site. For $20 you would get between $90-$150 worth of non-sized stuff. Within minutes of being released, it sold out. I was lucky enough to score one. J So yesterday I sauntered down to the post office and picked up my package and opened it excitedly. There was a burgundy ModCloth tote than contained: two headbands, two necklaces, a pair of earrings, some nonprescription eyeglasses, and a ModCloth sticker.

Headband 1: Beret vs. 1930’s meets sequins.

This black sequin headband is something I would never actually buy, however I’m glad it was in my bag, it’s much cuter than I would have expected and will be key in my inspiration for a Halloween costume this year.

Headband 2: Motorcycling Indians?

This simple black headband was turned wild with a bow made of matching black feathers, and attached to the bow is several strands of black suede in varying lengths each decorated with black feathers and gold studs. I don't know if I'm really a fan of this as is, it's just a little to wild and out there. I'm thinking about cutting off the extra strands, or at the very least shortening them so they're not longer than my hair. I think that would make it look a lot better.

Necklace 1: Dog-Gone-Elegant

I really like this necklace because I am the biggest dog lover everrr and miss my Scooter very much. This is a gold necklace on a delicate chain with a very small (half an inch long) dog bone. Most of my jewelry is silver, but I've tried to start expanding my gold collection. This is a perfect verstile gold necklace that it perfect for my small, delicate features.

Necklace 2: Graduation on a Chain

This is a far more....whimsical necklace than the last. Attached to a very long thick gold link chain is a 8-inch royal blue tassel. Thicker than your typical graduation cap tassel, but the resemblance is uncanny. I'm not sure what I would wear this with, but it certainly will draw some looks.

Earrings: Badass Dreamcatchers

These earrings remind me of a small black dream catcher. 1-inch diamter hoops are updated with black suade and hanging from the bottom are several 2-inch black suade fringe with gold studs, much like the motorcycle headband except no feathers and farrrrr less extreme. I really like these earrings. They scream "badass" without crossing the line into "wtf?"

Eyeglasses: Tropical Geek

I've been wanting to get a new pair of glasses for a while, really big geeky glasses that truly fit my big, nerdy personality. These are a funky spin off of exactly what I wanted. Thick white plastic frames with tropical tree designs on top and a gold stripe in each upper corner. So funky. So funny. How can you not love these frames!?!? (If only I could convince my parents/eyedoctor to replace the plastic lens with perscription!)

Each of these pieces are divine and perfectly ModCloth. They each have their own look and style and are all major conversation starters, suitable for any party a fashionista may attend. And all this for $20. I'd call it a win! :)

A couple months ago via Facebook ads, I discovered JustFabulous.com. This site is a member-only shoe/bag-of-the-month club. How is works is simple. Sign up (you have to give your credit card information up front, which made me uneasy but I figured I’d contest the charges if there were any, but they’re weren’t, no worries) and you take a short survey about what kind of styles and shoes you like, then each month they give you 6 different shoes and 6 different bags that they think you’ll like. You can order as many as you want, each for $39.95 + free shipping or if you don’t like the styles you can request new options. If you still don’t like these, you can opt to “Skip this Month” which lets them know that you won’t be making a purchase. If you decide later on that you do want to buy a pair but you’ve already hit Skip, no worries, you can still buy them. The only catch is that if you forget about the site and don’t buy OR Skip every month for six months, then they’ll charge you $39.95 but credit your account, so really they’re just forcing you to buy shoes. But you CAN skip every month charge-free. This is my third month being on JustFabulous, and I just received my first pair of shoes.

They are the cutest wedges I’ve ever seen. I really wanted a nude wedge like Steve Madden’s Fever

(but sold out everywhere L) and this one is very similar. Securely strapped in, and hosts a cute cut-out design on the front strap with a 5-inch cork-ish heel. Although a little steep, they’re easy to walk in. The thick straps really help make the shoe feel stable. After walking cross-campus several times the balls of my feet were hurting and I now have blisters L but with a little more breaking-in time they should be fine. For $39.95 the shoes were a great buy and I’m glad I joined JustFabulous. Plus, even if I hated the shoes there’s free exchanges (for a different pair of shoes or store credit) or refunds (minus a $5 restock fee), so you really can’t go wrong! The selections can be hit and miss, but it really depends on what you like. I encourage every shoe-crazed fashionista to sign up. J